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FZJ-2019-03780

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Akzeptanz sperriger Infrastruktureinrichtungen: Wahrnehmung und Bewertung von Deponien aus Sicht der Anwohner

Schreck, P. (Corresponding author)FZJ*

1998
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Zentralbibliothek, Verlag Jülich

Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/22474

Report No.: Juel-3558

Abstract: The siting of cumbersome infrastructur facilities$^{1}$ frequently encounters protests by local population. While the causes of these 'acceptance problems' have been widely investigated in connection with facility construction, there is a lack of knowledge about the acceptance of facilities which already exist. How an infrastructure facility is evaluated by its neighbours once constructed is however crucial for designing measures to ensure that such facilities are acceptable in the long run. This study therefore investigates the perception and evaluation of cumbersome infrastructure facilities following their construction. In this study landfill sites will be taken as an example of necessary infrastructure facilities which nevertheless produce conflict in the planning phase. Two analytic perspectives will be applied to these facilities. The first treats landfill sites as objects with spatial effects: they alter the surrounding area adversely for the neighbouring residents, and are themselves spatial elements associated with nuisance and risks. The second perspective treats landfill sites as the result of a formal legal planning process, and conceptualises them correspondingly as socio-political objects. The empirical investigation is based on a survey of residents in the areas around five selected landfill sites. The locations chosen vary in terms of the characteristics of the surrounding area, as well as in how long the site has operated. At the centre of the survey are the nuisances andimpacts perceived by the neighbours, and the individual attitude to the facility. The residents were also asked to judge the planning process, the way the site is managed and possible improvement measures. The investigation reveals three main results. First, for landfill sites that are already operating, there is - in contrast to the conflicts which frequently exist in the planning phase - a large degree of acceptance by the neighbours. Secondly, although there is a close relationship between the perception of nuisance and acceptance of the landfill site, these are influenced by different factors. Thirdly, at each location the specific experiences with the landfill site as well as local conditions play an important role ; no site-independent model can be found for neighbours' risk perception and facility acceptance.

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1. Publikationen vor 2000 (PRE-2000)

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1. 899 - ohne Topic (POF3-899) (POF3-899)

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